5 Lessons Learned From Leaving Facebook

August 16, 2014 1:02 PM

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Two months ago, I was sitting in front of my computer one evening when I finally lifted my eyes away from the screen. I had logged onto Facebook to space out and relax 'for a few minutes', yet somehow nearly 20 had already passed. I looked over at my husband cooking and listening to music in the kitchen, and all I could think was, "I could have been talking with him these past 20 minutes." Instead, I'd spent that time 'catching up' with real-life strangers and fulfilling self-imposed social obligations.

I was tired of feeling like I had to keep up with so many people I didn't really know in life off the Internet, and I was tired of logging on to see how much action any of my posts or pictures had received. I don't let other people's opinions run my life and determine my actions in real life, so why...